{"product_id":"south-and-west-from-a-notebook-9780525434191","title":"South and West: From a Notebook","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER \u003c\/b\u003e- \"One of contemporary literature's most revered essayists revives her raw records from a 1970s road trip across the American southwest ... her acute observations of the country's culture and history feel particularly resonant today.\" --\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoan Didion, the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet Me Tell You What I Mean, \u003c\/i\u003e has always kept notebooks--of overheard dialogue, interviews, drafts of essays, copies of articles. Here are two extended excerpts from notebooks she kept in the 1970s; read together, they form a piercing view of the American political and cultural landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Notes on the South\" traces a road trip that she and her husband, John Gregory Dunne, took through Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. Her acute observations about the small towns they pass through, her interviews with local figures, and their preoccupation with race, class, and heritage suggest a South largely unchanged today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"California Notes\" began as an assignment from \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e on the Patty Hearst trial. Though Didion never wrote the piece, the time she spent watching the trial in San Francisco triggered thoughts about the West and her own upbringing in Sacramento. Here we not only see Didion's signature irony and imagination in play, we're also granted an illuminating glimpse into her mind and process.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Didion, Joan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vintage\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525434191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.40d","brand":"Joan Didion","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39631205597259,"sku":"9780525434191","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0021\/1697\/6715\/products\/img_62b047f3-9772-4223-9614-4caf60eefb6c.jpg?v=1641304810","url":"https:\/\/blackbookstore.com\/products\/south-and-west-from-a-notebook-9780525434191","provider":"Black Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}